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Sararara Norah tried to concentrate on the fireworks but SOME people kept talking. She propped herself up on her elbows to look for the source of the ruckus when she saw the book. THE book. And then Professor Culloden was yelling. Uh oh. She shot a fearful look at Ian and flopped back onto the blanket, facing the sky.
Maintaining her calm and blocking out everyone else, Norah answered Ian's question.
"I like the kind that kind of...falls. Y'know? The ones that leave a trail of starry lights."She tried as hard as she could to concentrate on the fireworks, but then some other guy was yelling too, and Professor Culloden was telling them all to leave. The second year knew she shouldn't get involved, but it was getting difficult. With one more panicky glance in Ian's direction, she shoved her fingers into her ears and stared up at the sky. There. Nothing weird going on.
Ian had been doing his very best to ignore those who'd touched and 'read' the book. It was getting a little difficult to do that, even with the spectacular fireworks display. On top of that, Norah was also distracted by the professors acting up. Ian recalled a number of those same issues coming up throughout the year. It would seem at some point, this book would be put somewhere 'far, far away'. He stared as Culloden and the groundskeeper started acting like fairy tale creatures.
It's not happening, this is just part of the show Ian told himself.
He turned to Norah as she answered his question.
Those are rather nice. Like leaving little ant trails in the sky. He noticed her slightly panicky glance in his direction before she placed her fingers in her ears. He didn't know how to comfort her. He wondered to himself what he should do. When she looked back up at the sky, he thought this would be a good solution for her. He looked back to the sky and scooted a bit closer to her and tried to whisper in her ear.
It will be ok. Maybe they will leave.